%descriptionThis is a Perl base class and framework for creating Alien distributions. Thegoal of the project is to make things as simple and easy as possible for bothdevelopers and users of Alien modules.

Alien is a Perl name space for defining dependencies in CPAN for libraries andtools which are not "native" to CPAN. Alien modules will typically use thesystem libraries if they are available, or download the latest version fromthe internet and build them from source code. These libraries can then beused by other Perl modules, usually modules that are implemented with XS or FFI.